Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 60 86
Rank change year-on-year +33 +26 +38
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 141 65 41
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.03% 3.86% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.06% 4.13% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 46 32
10th Percentile £404 £419 £401
25th Percentile £500 £486 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £553 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -1.78% -13.39%
75th Percentile £659 £683 £680
90th Percentile £848 £776 £733
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -20.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £66.71 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,997 1,575 1,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.41% 93.64% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,360 995 1,367
10th Percentile £357 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 12
10th Percentile £17.38 £18.15 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +6.38% -23.93%
75th Percentile £52.16 £41.48 £40.46
90th Percentile £62.89 £59.25 £49.41
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.33 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.82% +1.85% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 3 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £550 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.71%) Apache
3 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (3.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.42%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.42%) Loan IQ
3 2 (1.42%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.71%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.71%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.71%) SAP FI-AR
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.99%) Azure
2 19 (13.48%) Power Platform
3 18 (12.77%) AWS
4 8 (5.67%) GCP
5 7 (4.96%) SaaS
6 6 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.55%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.84%) Serverless
9 3 (2.13%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (2.13%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.42%) Amazon Bedrock
10 2 (1.42%) Amazon MSK
10 2 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.42%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) Network Security
2 1 (0.71%) Firewall
2 1 (0.71%) NAS
2 1 (0.71%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.93%) Power BI
2 5 (3.55%) Metadata
3 3 (2.13%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.42%) Big Data
4 2 (1.42%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.42%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.42%) Tableau
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.71%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.71%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 18 (12.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.71%) GitLab
2 1 (0.71%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.71%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (40.43%) Finance
1 57 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 28 (19.86%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 17 (12.06%) Banking
5 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.84%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.84%) Front Office
5 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.84%) Investment Banking
5 4 (2.84%) Legal
6 3 (2.13%) Police
6 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.13%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.42%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.42%) Military
7 2 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.42%) Retail
8 1 (0.71%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (19.15%) Analyst
2 23 (16.31%) Architect
3 20 (14.18%) Business Analyst
4 18 (12.77%) Lead
4 18 (12.77%) Project Manager
5 13 (9.22%) Senior
6 6 (4.26%) Consultant
6 6 (4.26%) Data Architect
6 6 (4.26%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (4.26%) Security Architect
6 6 (4.26%) Senior Manager
6 6 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (4.26%) Technical Leader
7 5 (3.55%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 5 (3.55%) Banking Analyst
7 5 (3.55%) Change Manager
7 5 (3.55%) Security Manager
7 5 (3.55%) Strategy Architect
7 5 (3.55%) Strategy Manager
8 4 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.55%) LangChain
2 4 (2.84%) LangGraph
3 2 (1.42%) PySpark
3 2 (1.42%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.42%) REST
3 2 (1.42%) Spring
3 2 (1.42%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.42%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.71%) .NET
4 1 (0.71%) JSON
4 1 (0.71%) Kafka
4 1 (0.71%) Middleware
4 1 (0.71%) Next.js
4 1 (0.71%) Pandas
4 1 (0.71%) Playwright
4 1 (0.71%) React
4 1 (0.71%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.80%) Cloud Native
1 11 (7.80%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.96%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.26%) AI Agents
4 5 (3.55%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.13%) Derivative
6 3 (2.13%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.42%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.71%) CSOC
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.42%) Linux
2 1 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.71%) Unix
2 1 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.99%) Agile
2 30 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (18.44%) Migration
5 24 (17.02%) AI
5 24 (17.02%) Decision-Making
6 23 (16.31%) Analytics
7 22 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (13.48%) Roadmaps
9 18 (12.77%) Project Management
10 17 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (12.06%) Project Delivery
11 16 (11.35%) DevOps
12 14 (9.93%) Change Management
12 14 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (9.93%) Requirements Gathering
13 13 (9.22%) Risk Management
13 13 (9.22%) Validation
14 12 (8.51%) CI/CD
14 12 (8.51%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.09%) SQL
2 9 (6.38%) Python
3 4 (2.84%) Java
4 3 (2.13%) Bicep
4 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.42%) C#
5 2 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.42%) Korn
5 2 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.71%) C++
6 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.71%) Scala
6 1 (0.71%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (17.73%) Security Cleared
2 22 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.67%) Degree
4 5 (3.55%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.84%) PMP
6 3 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.42%) CEH
7 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.42%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.71%) APMG
8 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.71%) CCSK
8 1 (0.71%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.71%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.71%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.71%) RIBA
8 1 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.64%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.51%) QA
3 8 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.67%) NIST
4 7 (4.96%) PMO
5 4 (2.84%) GDPR
5 4 (2.84%) NCSC
6 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.13%) SLA
7 2 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.42%) GRC
7 2 (1.42%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.42%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.71%) Basel III
8 1 (0.71%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.71%) IFRS
8 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.71%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) NFS
2 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.84%) Terraform
2 3 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
4 1 (0.71%) vMotion
Vendors
1 31 (21.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.67%) Databricks
2 8 (5.67%) SAP
3 7 (4.96%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.84%) Oracle
5 3 (2.13%) Remedy
6 2 (1.42%) BMC
6 2 (1.42%) Charles River
6 2 (1.42%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.42%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.42%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.71%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.71%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.71%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.71%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.71%) IFS
7 1 (0.71%) Planon
7 1 (0.71%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.71%) Qualtrics
7 1 (0.71%) Workday